Asides

Interesting legal discussions erupted over TechDirt’s 2011 fair use publication of an unusual self-portrait: see the 2011 article describing the image’s creation. Bizarre but true! Because this photo (accidentally snapped by the macaque shown) had no human ‘creator,’ the US Copyright Office ruled that the camera’s owner could not claim copyright of the image. Ape rights…

Electronic school materials, interactive content available for use on iPads, could save thousands of dollars for schools and students. I agree the cost-savings is beneficial, but what about the other side of that coin? Authors of grade ten geology textbooks usually aren’t rockstar-rich. Are educational publishing houses truly making enormous profits at $73 per textbook?…

“What kind of trouble?” Hmm… “I would have recommended you check for that, before you ran it on a live system…” Just sayin’… xkcd! It’s been a while since the last humour post. This one literally had me laughing out loud. Click through for the Exploits of a Mom.